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GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, AUGSBURG
GERMANY, FREE CITY OF AUGSBURG (UNTIL 1805)
| 11558 | Report: "Abschrift - Was die evangelischen Prediganden der Statt Augsburg offendtlich in Iren Kirchen, auf der Canzl abgelassen haben, von 18 Junij 1584 . Nach dem Neuen Calender. (What the protestant preachers of the city of Augburg publically said in their churches, on the pulpit, on June 18, 1584. According the new calendar.)" 8 pages, folded. | ||
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| II | 150,00 € | ||
| Interesting report possibly of a catholic theologian (Jesuit?) from the end of the 16th century. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, BADEN
GERMANY, GRANDDUCHY OF BADEN (1806-1918)
| 16319 | Nomination certificate for the Oberfinanzsekretär August Weltin from Pforzheim, dated Karlsruhe July 2, 1918, with great paper seal and original signature of Grand Duke Friedrich II (1857-1928, reigned from 1907 until 1918) and countersignature of the Minister of Finance Josef Nikolaus Rheinboldt (1860-1931), folded, in original old, slighltly damaged frame. | ||
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| 1100402,9401 | II- | 80,00 € | |
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, BRUNSWICK
GERMANY, DUCHY OF BRUNSWICK (UNTIL 1918)
| 16274 | Personal presentation photo frame of Duchess Viktoria Luise of Brunswick. Manufacturing of F. Siebrecht in Brunswick from the year 1929, 290 x 202 mm, 800/000 silver, on the upper rim crowned cipher "VL", gold, set with 16 diamond roses and 10 old cut rubies and ruby roses, about 295 g (about 236 g fine silver), with original, dated (6.12.1929) and signed portrait photo of Viktoria Luise by Franz Grainer in Munich, reverse covered with red leather, as well as the card stand. | ||
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| 1101201,9901 | I-II | 2'980,00 € | |
| Ex Künker auction 329 on October 11, 2019, vat.-no. 7457. - Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980) was the only daughter of Emperor and King Wilhelm II (1859-1941, reigned from 1888 until 1918), the Kaiser, and his spouse Auguste Viktoria, née Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1858-1921). On May 24, 1913, Viktoria Luise married Prince Ernst August (III) of Hanover (1887-1953), son of the last crown prince of Hanover, Ernst August, Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923), and his spouse Tyra, née Princess of Denmark (1853-1933). By this marriage, Viktoria Luise became a princess of Hanover and a princess of Great Britain and Ireland. After the Hanovrian-Prussian compensation - to which the marriage had effectively contributed - her husband on November 1, 1913, became reigning Duke uf the Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, and his spouse Duchess. She was very popular until her death on December 11, 1980. Viktoria Luis was 2nd Chef of the 2nd Leib-Husaren-Regiments "Königin Viktoria von Preußen" No. 2.; von Mackensen from 1893 until 1898 had been commanding officer of the 1st Leib-Husaren-Regiments Nr. , with which he identified himself life-long, and whose uniform he was allowed until his death, what he regularly did. This may be one of the backgrounds for this present from Viktoria Luise in occasion of the 80th birthday of Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen on December 6, 1929. - Provenance: After decease of Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen (1849-1945) in 1945 these fruit knives were inherited to his eldest son Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947). The latters widdow Wienifred, née von Neurath (1904-1985) inherited them to her nephew Klaus von Mackensen, father of the recent owners. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, HESSE
GERMANY, LANDGRAVATE (UNTIL 1806) AND GRANDDUCHY (1806-1918) OF HESSE (-DARMSTADT) AND NEAR RHINE
| 13659 | Document of appointment to Oberlehrer of the Lehramtsassessor Joseph Franz of the grammar school at Worms, dated Darmstadt on October 6, 1916, with original signature of Grandduke Ernst Ludwig and pressing seal, slightly teared in the seal, reverse paper lacking, to times folded. | ||
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| II | 65,00 € | ||
| Ex auction 192 of Fritz Rudolf Kuenker GmbH & Co. KG in Osnabrueck on June 24, 2011, cat. no. 8094 | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, NASSAU
GERMANY, PRINCIPALITY NASSAU-USINGEN (1735-1806) AND DUCHY OF NASSAU (1806-1866)
| 15633 | Letter to the Ducal Nassau Office in Hachenburg, dated 1859, with Thurn und Taxis 1853 stamp for 3 Kr. black on greyblue (probaly Michel no. 12), stamp "4 circles", "W.SELTERS" and "HACHENBURG". Folded and damaged. | ||
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| III | 5,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 292. | |||
| 15805 | Letter to the Ducal Nassau Office in Hachenburg, dated 1860, with Thurn und Taxis 1859 stamp for 3 Kr. light blue (probably Michel no. 21), stamp "4 circles" and "WIESBADEN". Folded and slightly damaged. | ||
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| III/IIIIV | 10,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 292. | |||
| 15806 | Letter to the Ducal Nassau Office in Hachenburg, dated 1857, with Thurn und Taxis 1852 stamp for 3 Kr. black on dark blue (probaly Michel no. 8), stamp "4 circles", "WIESBADEN" and "HACHENBURG". Folded and slightly damaged. | ||
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| III/IIIIV | 10,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 292. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, OLDENBURG
GERMANY, DUCHY (UNTIL 1815) AND GRANDDUCHY (1815-1918) OF OLDENBURG
| 15630 | Contract or last will of a widow, handwritten on paper, dated Jever on March 12, 1803, with black lacquer seal and signature and further seven testimony-signatures with black lacquer seals, folded. | ||
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| II | 25,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 287, beforehand ex collection Oldenburg of Friedhelm Beyreiss, Bremen. | |||
| 15631 | Nomination-Document for Geheimer Cabinetsrath, For the Staatsrath Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Römer, dated Oldenburg, July 1, 1842, with large paper seal and signatures of Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August (I) and of Minister von Berg. | ||
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| II | 100,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 288, beforehand ex collection Oldenburg of Friedhelm Beyreiss, Bremen. - Such early nomination documents a very rare. Friedrich Wilhelm Anton Römer in 1860 was President of the Supreme Court of Appellation of Oldenburg and from 1859 until 1866 also served as Chancelor of the Grandducal Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig. | |||
| 15632 | Certificate of examen of the 2nd character of the Grand Ducal State-Examination-Commission for the auditor Wilhelm Ludwig Ernst Tenge in Jever, dated Oldenburg on March 3, 1890, with paper seal of the Examination-Commission and signature, spotted, folded. | ||
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| II | 35,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 289, beforehand ex collection Oldenburg of Friedhelm Beyreiss, Bremen. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, PRUSSIA
GERMANY, KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA (1701-1918)
| 16275 | Match case. Manufacturing of an unidentified producer, 60,8 x 53,8 mm, silver guilloché and enamelled, 54,6 g, min. enamel chipping on the edge, in the cover dedication engraving "Z. frdl. Erg. / an / das Streichholz-Exercieren 1913". | ||
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| 1105601,9901 | II | 275,00 € | |
| Ex Künker auction 329 on October 11, 2019, vat.-no. 7458 - Provenance: After decease of Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen (1849-1945) in 1945 these fruit knives were inherited to his eldest son Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947). The latters widdow Wienifred, née von Neurath (1904-1985) inherited them to her nephew Klaus von Mackensen, father of the recent owners. | |||
| 16277 | Oval serving plate, manufacturing by Wilhelm Binder in Schwäbisch Gmünd, diam. 343 x 508 mm, 835/000 silver, 1056 g (about 882 g fineness silver), on the rim of the averse engraved crowned, teard-off eagle's head from the coat of arms of von Mackensen, on the plate area several cuting traces, probably from slicing meat, on the reverse marked "74803 halfmoon crown 835 WTB", with engraving "1935." | ||
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| 1105601,9903 | III | 880,00 € | |
| Ex Künker auction 329 on October 11, 2019, vat.-no. 7470 - Provenance: After decease of Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen (1849-1945) in 1945 these fruit knives were inherited to his eldest son Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947). The latters widdow Wienifred, née von Neurath (1904-1985) inherited them to her nephew Klaus von Mackensen, father of the recent owners. | |||
| 16278 | Oval presentation plate. Made by Wilhelm Binder in Schwäbisch Gmünd, 347 x 511 mm, 835/000 silver, 1047 g (thus a fine weight of approx. 882 g), on the edge of the obverse engraved crowned "torn off" eagle's head from the coat of arms of Mackensens, clear scratch marks and stains on the obverse, on the reverse hallmarked "74803 half moon crown 835 WTB", with engraving "1933." | ||
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| 1105601,9904 | III | 780,00 € | |
| Ex Künker auction 329 on October 11, 2019, cat. no. 7471 - Provenance: After decease of Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen (1849-1945) in 1945 this plate was inherited to his eldest son Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947). The latter's widdow Wienifred, née von Neurath (1904-1985) bequeathed them to her nephew Klaus von Mackensen, father of the previous owners. | |||
| 16279 | Round presentation plate. Made by Wilhelm Binder in Schwäbisch Gmünd, diameter 400 mm, 835/000 silver, 920 g, (thus a fine weight of approx. 768 g), on the edge of the obverse engraved crowned "torn off" eagle's head from the coat of arms of Mackensens, on the reverse hallmarked "74737 half-moon crown 835 WTB", with engraving "1937." | ||
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| 1105601,9905 | II | 780,00 € | |
| Ex Künker Auction 329 on 11 October 2019, cat. no. 7472. - Provenance: After the death of General Field Marshal August von Mackensen (1849-1945) in 1945, this presentation plate was bequeathed to his eldest son Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947). His widow Winifred, née von Neurath (1904-1985), then bequeathed it to her nephew Klaus von Mackensen, the father of the previous owners. | |||
| 16280 | Set of twelve fruit knives. Probably Ottoman manufacturing, silver handles, the blades iron gold plated, partly traces of rust, in different conditions, in their original old black case. | ||
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| 1105601,9906 | II, II-III, III | 175,00 € | |
| Ex Künker auction 329 on October 11, 2019, vat.-no. 7474 - Provenance: After decease of Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen (1849-1945) in 1945 these fruit knives were inherited to his eldest son Hans Georg von Mackensen (1883-1947). The latters widdow Wienifred, née von Neurath (1904-1985) inherited them to her nephew Klaus von Mackensen, father of the recent owners. | |||
| 15929 | Cabinet Order of King Wilhelm II, permission for wear of the the court's hunting officials' forest uniform, according to the cabinet order of February 4, 1889, and presentation of a hunting dagger for the Chamberlain Krosigk auf Eichenbarleben, dated Piesdorf November 11, 1893, with original signature of Wilhelm II. Together with the official copy of the cabinet order of February 4, 1889. Both documents folded twice. | ||
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| RUP p. 292 (exactly this document!). | II | 125,00 € | |
| Ex Kuenker eLive auction 44 on April 6, 2017, cat. no. 2299. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF GERMAN NATION (UNTIL 1806)
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF GERMAN NATION (UNTIL 1806)
| 15638 | Old copy of a document on the elevation to Freiherr [Baron] for Jacob Joseph von Kleudgen by Emperor Franz II. Handwritten copy of the original document of December 12, 1803, dated Heidelberg on September 4, 1816, with seal and original signature of the public notary Andreas Leopold Burtler, folded. | ||
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| II | 35,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 382. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMAN EMPIRE 1871-1918
GERMAN EMPIRE (1871-1918)
| 13680 | Machine operator mate's badge, sheet metal, 70 x 55 mm, with 8 cotter pins. | ||
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| II | 30,00 € | ||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMAN REICH 1919-1933
GERMAN REICH 1919-1933, SO CALLED "REPUBLIC OF WEIMAR"
| 15646 | Long service congratulation letter of the Reichspaesident Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), for the Logistic leader Otto Jahn in Greiz, dated Berlin May 1, 1927, with faximile signature "von Hindenburg" and large printing seal, folded, minimal restoration. | ||
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| IIIII | 35,00 € | ||
| Ex auction Kuenker no. 253 of October 4, 2014, cat. no. 427. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMANY, GERMAN REICH 1933-1945
GERMANY, GERMAN REICH 1933-1938 RESP. GRAND GERMAN REICH (1938-1945), SO CALLED "THIRD REICH" - GENERAL
| U014 | Set of 6 silver cups of a German Naval Officer, silver, each 4.4 cm high, hallmarked "800", with the following engravings:1) "C 28.9.34." und Monogramm "JS"; 2) "Fähnrich September 1934"; 3) "Offiziersmesse Panzerschiff "Deutschland' 8.III.35"; 4) "Leutnant 20.4.1935"; 5) "Oberleutnant 18.1.1937"; 6) "L.K.S. Wildpark Werder 1.6.37 - 1.8.38". | ||
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| II | 250,00 € | ||
| Interesting set of an officer who served some time at the legendary ship "Deutschland'. | |||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (1949-1990)
| 15420 | 3 pieces shoulder straps of a captain of the Border Troops of the GDR, worn, two of them damaged on the reverse. | ||
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| II; III | 5,00 € | ||
| 15421 | Pair of officer's shoulder straps of the Border Troops of the GDR without ranking stars, unworn. | ||
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| III | 5,00 € | ||
| 15422 | Pair of shoulder straps of a captain of the Mechanized Infantry [Motorisierte Schuetzen] of the National People's Army, worn and dirty. | ||
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| III | 5,00 € | ||
GERMAN ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, FEDERAL STATE OF LOWER SAXONY (SINCE 1946)
| 15944 | Shako badge of the Lower Saxon Police in Hanover, 85.4 x 73.4 mm, aluminium partly lacquered, numbered "1076", with pin on the revers. | ||
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| II | 25,00 € | ||
| Ex Kuenker eLive auction 44 on April 6, 2017, cat. no. 2500. | |||
| 15945 | Shako badge of the Lower Saxon Police in Hanover, 86.4 x 67.5 mm, aluminium partly lacquered, numbered "1156", with pin on the revers. | ||
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| II | 25,00 € | ||
| Ex Kuenker eLive auction 44 on April 6, 2017, cat. no. 2501. | |||
EUROPEAN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
FRANCE
(FIRST) FRENCH REPUBLIC (1792-1804)
| 15951 | Granting document of a widow's pension for Marie Marguerite Guilquin, widow of Charles Etienne Rouyer, 44 x 56 cm (!), dated Paris 5th Geminal of the year five of the Republic [March 26, 1797], with paper seal and original signature of the French War Minister Claude-Louis Petiet (1749-1806, War Minister from February 8 until July 14, 1797), and further signatures and stamps, folded and in the centre repaired, slightly damaged. | ||
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| III | 75,00 € | ||
| Ex Kuenker eLive auction 44 on April 6, 2017, cat. no. 2564. | |||
FRENCH STATE (SO CALLED "GOVERMENT OF VICHY" - 1940-1944/45)
| 13492 | Portrait of an unknown artist of Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), named "the Winner of Verdun", Marshal of France, Head of State of the so named "État Français" from 1940 to 1944/45, chalk on card, this near the upper edge with tooling "...ANNONAY - ANCne MANUFre CANSON St. MONGOLF...", size 40 x 31,5 cm, under glass, with frame. | ||
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| I | 340,00 € | ||
| VERY RARE! - Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain was born on April 24, 1856, in Cauchy-à-la-Tour in the Pas-de-Calais. During the Great War 1914 to 1918 as a Army Corps General he succeded during the battle of Verdun to hold, with numberless casualities on both sides, the defence against the Germans, for which lateron he was called the "Winner of Verdun". Afte the French capitulation in June 1940 he became head of state of the new "État Français", created of the unoccupied southern part of France, with the government's seat at Vichy. Evacuated in 1944 to Belfort, later to Sigmaringen in Germany and finally to St. Margareten in Switherland, he was surrendered to France shortly after the ende of the war. eliefert. There in a process he was sentenced to death, but he wasn't executed, but changed into a "national degradation", in which all his properties were conficated, and he himself was internated in life-long exile to Port-Joinville on the island of Yeu in theVendée, where he died on July 23, 1951. - Pétain on the portrait wears the grey military field uniform, with two rows of medal-ribbons, among these are to identify the ribbon of the Military Medal, the Legion of Honour and of the War Cross 914-1918. On the head he wears the képi of a Marshal of France. | |||
EUROPEAN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
GREAT BRITAIN
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
| 15480 | Singe shoulder strap for the fild uniform of a first lieutenant of 57th regiment, with rank stars (ptly enamelled) and regimental number in metal. | ||
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| II | 20,00 € | ||
| Possibly from the time of the Second World War | |||
EUROPEAN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
ITALY
KINGDOM OF ITALY (1861-1946) - BADGES
| 15964 | Uniform badge of the 6th division "Leganano", brass, partly lacquered (partly gone), with four holes for sewing. | ||
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| III-IV | 45,00 € | ||
| Ex Kuenker eLive auction 44 on April 6, 2017, cat. no. 2631. | |||
EUROPEAN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS
SWITZERLAND
SWITZERLAND
| 14918 | Printed proclamation of Archduke Karl of Austria to the Swiss, dated March 30, 1799, folded, slightly damaged, slightly cut. | ||
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| II | 75,00 € | ||
| Important proclamation for the Austrian-Swiss relations during the Revolution wars. Ex auction 173 of Fritz Rudolf Kuenker GmbH & Co. KG in Osnabrueck on June 25, 2010, cat. no. 8994; before-hand ex collection Fotsch of Zurich. - Karl Archduke of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1771-1847), Austrian Fieldmarshall, from 1796 until 1800 was commander-in-chief of the Austrian troops in Southern Germany, Northern Italy and Switzerland. In this proclamation he explanes his invasion into Swiss territory with the necessity of the persecution of the French nemey, and declares that he has no other intension as to contribute to the further existance of Switzerland in her fu7ll independenca, integrity, liberty and with all her rights and possessions. | |||
SWITZERLAND, CANTON OF ZUERICH
| 14917 | Official confirmation ot the mayor of the city of Zurich, that Jacques Baumgartner, born in Weyach in the canton of Zurich, corporal in the Swiss Regiment Steiner never at any time took part in conspiracy against the French Republic. Dated Zurich, August 1, 1794, with paper and lacquer-seals and signatures. | ||
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| II | 100,00 € | ||
| Ex auction 173 of Fritz Rudolf Kuenker GmbH & Co. KG in Osnabrueck on June 25, 2010, cat. no. 8993; before-hand ex collection Fotsch of Zurich. | |||
